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This blog is used to update any interested buyers about the progress of breeding. There will be updates on breeding, hatching, chicks, weaning etc. Please feel free to browse through the blog and see what is new at the aviary.

Six chicks one egg

November 13, 2012

Well Stella only laid one egg and decided it wan't any good. She pushed it out of the nest. Bell and Dusty have two little pink chicks and one egg. Annie and Billy have four chicks.

I'm going to take a stab at their color mutations.

#1 Dominant pied, violet

#2 Cinnamon, yellow face

#3 Dominant pied, yellow face

#4 Normal, yellow face

Looks like their will be some pretty nice color.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Second brood

November 9, 2012

Billy and Annie finely decided to lay eggs and now have four chicks. Dusty and Bell have started their second clutch and have three eggs.

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Weaned chicks, second clutches and one first clutch

October 24, 2012

The chicks are doing very well. Today I moved all the chicks along with my new full English addition Aura to my flight cage. All the chicks have been weaned and are almost ready to go to their new homes. Three of my hens have started to lay eggs again. Stella has started laying a second clutch and now has one egg. Bell is on her second clutch and has three eggs. And last but not least Annie has laid her first clutch and has four eggs and two chicks.

Posted by Bridget Wheeler.

Weaning the chicks

October 14, 2012

All the chicks are now being weaned. Their parents have stopped feeding them. This makes for some unhappy chicks that are very loud. I'm starting to give the chicks seed when I bring the out everyday. This way they learn to eat seeds quicker.
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More photos of the chicks

October 3, 2012

They grow so fast. A couple of the chicks still have some baby fluff to cover but most of them look like big birds now.

Petey and Stella's chicks

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Otis and Athena's chicks
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Dusty and Ball's chicks
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Eddy and Alba's chicks
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Getting out of the nest

September 28, 2012

Some of the chicks have already gotten out of the nest during the day. They have no idea how to get back in yet so I have to help them back in.
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Chicks photos

September 26, 2012

Petey and Stella's chicks
http://talkbudgies.com/showthread.php?p=1078260#post1078260

Otis and Athena
http://talkbudgies.com/showthread.php?p=1078260#post1078260

Dusty and Bell's chicks
http://talkbudgies.com/showthread.php?p=1078260#post1078260

Eddy and Alba
http://talkbudgies.com/showthread.php?p=1078260#post1078260

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Chicks true colors

September 20, 2012

The chicks are starting to show their true colors. I'm going to take a guess on what most of the chicks mutations are going to be.

Pettey and Stella's nest Any ino (albino and lutinos) or cinnamon chicks will be females. But not all females are cinnaon and ino.

#1 Lutino maybe lacewing

#2 Normal, blue violet

#3 Blue series I can just see that this chick has white pin feathers.

#4 Green series I can see yellow pin feathers.

Athena and Otis

#1 I think their first chick is dominant pied.

#2 and #3 The...

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Seventeen chicks

September 11, 2012

I have four chicks with red eyes. I can't tell if any are lacewing or not just yet and I may not be able to tell for a while. Some of them may also be spangled or dominant pied. Both mutations won't have tail cinnamon markings. But heres to hoping.

Athena and Otis's three eggs hatched. The chicks all have had full crops every morning. So I'm glad to say I won't have to worry about rehoming the chicks. At least thats how it looks right now.

Bell and Dusty have one more egg but I don't think it'...
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